These Are the Best Photographs By Teenagers In America In 2017

If there is anything that has been heartening about America in 2017, it's the sight of impassioned young people flooding the streets protesting Donald Trump, as well as the flash points that have flared up during his presidency. This generation of teenagers may grow up to be the most politically active in recent memory, and the issues that they care deeply about—from identity to gun violence—are well represented in "2017 America," a group exhibition of 2,000 photographs by students from over 30 states currently at the School of Visual Arts gallery in New York. SVA's BFA Photography and Video program asked high schoolers from all over to submit images that represented their views of America in 2017—and also, maybe, hopefully, they offer a preview of what America could look like in the future.